On January 31st French Presidential candidate, and Lyndon LaRouche co-thinker Jacques Cheminade, caused an immediate shock wave across France when he announced that he had obtained the 500 signed commitments from elected officials needed to acquire Presidential ballot status. With many of the major Presidential candidates struggling to obtain their own ballot status, everyone wants to know: “How can a 'minor' candidate be succeeding when the 'major' candidates are not?”